Non-refillable bottle.



1?. SMITH & J. T. GLABBY. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLICATION FILED FEB.26,1912.

1,036,1 58. Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

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FRANK SMITH AND JAMES '1. CLABBY, OFTROY, NEW YORK.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 26, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK SMITH and JAMES T. CLABBY, each a citizen of the United States, residing at Troy, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements and consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter de scribed and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompany ing drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a central, vertical section of a non-refillable bottle embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the cage-holder. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the cage. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of the screen-tube. Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of the locking washer.

The principal object of the invention is to practically prevent by a simple and inexpensive mechanism the refilling of bottles, and to insure the detection of any serious attempt to tamper with said mechanism.

Referring to the drawings wherein the invention is shown in preferred form, 1, represents the body of the bottle having a convergent shoulder-portion, 2, leading to a neck-opening, 3, adapted to be closed by a valve, 4, shown in the form of a ball, and preferably made hollow, or of some material which will float in the liquid which the bottle is adapted to contain. The valve, 4, seats upon the inner surface of the neck of the bottle at the lower end of the valve-chamber, 5, shown as an enlargement of the neck, and is held to its seat by a weight, 6, connected with the valve by a rod, 7, which has a universal swivel-connection with the valve at 8.

The walls of the valve-chamber, 5, converge downward to the valve-seat, and converge upward to a seat, 9, against which rests the cageh0lder, which comprises a circular hollow body, 10, with a hollow stem, 11, extending upward therefrom. The outer end of the hollow stem is closed at, 12, and the stem is formed with lateral outlets, 13. The hollow body, 10, of the cage-holder is formed with undercut walls as shown in Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

Serial No. 879,954.

Fig. 1, adapted to be frictionally engaged by a pair of resilient tongues, 14, on the cage-holder, 15, which is inserted and frictionally held within the cage-holder. The cage, 15, is also formed with inwardly bent tongues, 16, which provide openings, 17 for the passage of liquid into the cage from the valve-chamber. The cage contains a screentube, 18, extending from the bottom of the cage up into the stem, 11, said screen-tube being made of wire-netting. The cageholder is sealed in position by means of a tapered washer, 20, through which the stem, 11, passes, and a body of cement, 21, which fills the space between said washer and the neck of the bottle.

The neck of the bottle is shown formed with an interior annular groove, 22, and the washer, 20, with an exterior annular groove, 23, into both of which grooves the cement enters, so that when the cement hardens the parts are irremovably locked in position, and thus retain the cage-holder in position. The outer neck of the bottle is made of a sufiicient internal diameter to permit the cage-holder, 10, to be freely inserted therethrough to its seat 9.

In closing the bottle, the valve, 4, with its connected weight, 6, is first inserted through the neck, then the cage-holder, with the cage, 15, and screen-tube, 18, inserted therein, is inserted through the neck of the bottle until the cage-holder engages the seat 9. A quantity of cement is then distributed around the grooved portion, 22, of the neck of the bottle, and the washer, 20, is forced down through the body of cement until it engages the top of the cage-holder 10. In reaching this position the washer, 20, causes the cement to spread and be forced into the respective grooves, 22, and 23.

The cage, 15, is normally retained by the holder, 10, at a sufiicient distance from the valve, 4, to permit free movement of the valve within the valve-chamber, 5, when the bottle is sufiiciently inverted to relieve the valve from the pull of the weight, 6; and the dimensions of the cage are such that should it be displaced from the holder, 10, the cage would substantially fill the valvechamber, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and prevent the opening of the valve, 4, even though the bottle be fully inverted.

The tongues, 14, being resilient, tend to open out or spread as soon as relieved from the confining influence of the holder, 10, so

that, should the cage be forced the holder, the spreading of said tongues would absolutely prevent the return of the cage into the holder without obtaining access to the parts by breaking the bottle.

The screen-tube, 18, renders it diflicult to insert any sort of a tool or wire through the devious passageway necessary to obtain access to the valve, 1, by passing through one of the apertures, 13, the stem, 11, and one of the apertures, 17, in the cage; but, should a more serious effort be made to obtain access to the valve, the cage, 15, which is retained merely by the frictional hold of the tongues, 14, will be forced down out of the holder, 10, and thus lock the valve against any material opening movement. If the cage be thus displaced before the bottle is emptied of its contents, the failure of the liquid to flow out freely when the-bottle is inverted, will at once lead to detection of the fact that the mechanism has been tampered With.

The angle at which the bottle must be held to pour therefrom is determined by the inclination of the shoulder-portion, 2, of the bottle.

To enable the valve to freely open, the

bottle must be tipped or inverted until the lower side of its shoulder-portion, 2, inclines downward toward the valve-seat. The weight, 6, being swiveled to thevalve, will always rest upon the lower side of the shoulder-portion, 2, when the bottle is tipped or partly inverted.

What we claim as new and desire to secure 7 by Letters Patent is- 1. The combination with a bottle having in its neck a valve-chamber and a valveseat; of a valve movable in said valve-cham-.

her and adapted to occupy said seat; a cageholder sealed in the neck of the bottle out-- side of said valve-chamber and an apertured cage frictionally supported in said holder and adapted when displaced therefrom to substantially fill the valve-chamber. I

2. The combination with a bottle having in its neck a valve-chamber, a valve-seat, and a seat outside of said valve-chamber; of a valve movable in said valve-chamber adapted to occupy said seat; a cage-holder down out of 1 adapted to engage said seat outside of said valve-chamber, and having an outwardly projecting hollow stem; an apertured cage frictio-nally held in said holder and adapted when displaced therefrom to substantially fill said valve-chamber; a peripherally grooved tapered washer inclosing said stem; and a body of cement filling the space be tween said washer and the neck of the bottle, said neck being provided with an interior groove to receive said cement.

3. The combination with a bottle having in its neck a valve-chamber, a valve-seat, and a seat outside of said valve-chamber; of a valve movable in said chamber adapted to occupy said seat; a cage-holder adapted to engage said seat outside of said valve-chamber, and havlng an outwardly pro ecting stem provided with lateral openings; a cage.

frictionally held in said holder and provided with lateral openings communicating with the valve-chamber; a screen-tube extending from the bottom of said cage up into said stem; and a retainer for the cage-holder sealed within the neck of the bottle.

4. The combination with a bottle having in its neck a valve-chamber, a valve-seat, and a seat outside of said valve-chamber; of a valve movable in said chamber adapted to occupy said seat; a cage-holder having a hollow undercut body adapted to engage said seat outside of said valve-chamber, and ha ving an outwardly projecting stem means for sealing said cage-holder within the neck of the bottle; and a cage insertible within said holder and having spring-tongues adapted to engage the interior of the undercut body of said holder to frictionally retain the cage within the holder, said cage, when displaced from said holder, being adapted to substantially fill said valve-chamber.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this 19th day of February, 1912.

FRANK SMITH. JAMES T. GLABBY.

"Witnesses:

J. E. DONSBAOH, R. A. LEDUC.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, I). C. 

